(Yeaworth 1958) The Blob
(Crossland 2010) Murdoch Mysteries: Ep.30 ― Rich Boy, Poor Boy
(Meza-León 2017) Rick and Morty: Ep.30 ― The ABC’s of Beth
(Dein 1960) The Leech Woman [Mystery Science Theatre version]
(May 1976) Mikey and Nicky
(Berke 1958) The Lost Missile
(Cumming 1984) Doctor Who: Ep.615 ― Planet of Fire, Part 1
(Cumming 1984) Doctor Who: Ep.616 ― Planet of Fire, Part 2
(Cumming 1984) Doctor Who: Ep.617 ― Planet of Fire, Part 3
(Cumming 1984) Doctor Who: Ep.618 ― Planet of Fire, Part 4
(Verklan 2012) The Universe: Ep.77 ― Ride the Comet
(Hense 2012) The Universe: Ep.78 ― When Space Changed History
(Sachs 1980) Galaxina
(Chun 2017) Rick and Morty: Ep.31 ― The Rickchurian Mortydate
(Vaughn 2014) Kingsman: The Secret Service
(Edwards 1963) The Pink Panther
(Way & Way 2018) Wild Wild Country: Part 1
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FILMS – MAY 2018
First-time listening for May 2018
29171. (Arthur Sullivan) Suite from the Incidental Music to The Merry Wives of Windsor
29172. (Afghan Whigs) Big Top Halloween
29173. (Gioacchino Rossini) Armida [complete opera; d. Serafin; Callas, Albanese, Filippeschi]
29174. (Sleater-Kinney) The Hot Rock
29175. (Arthur Sullivan [& W. S. Gilbert]) Trial By Jury [complete opera; D’Oyly Carte]
29176. (Dalibor Slepčík) “Kouzlo bílejch rán” [single]
29177. (Blodwyn Pig) Ahead Rings Out
29178. (Alton Ellis) “I’ll Be Waiting” [single]
29179. (Grand Funk Railroad) We’re An American Band
29180. (Havergal Brian) Symphony #5 “The Wine of Summer“
29181. (Primal Scream) Sonic Flower Groove
29182. (Alton Ellis) Cry Tough
29183. (Frank Zappa) Hot Rats
29184. (Osip Kozlovsky) Requiem in E-flat Minor
29185. (Xex) Group Xex
29186. (Clocks) The Clocks
29187. (Empire of the Sun) Ice on the Dune
29188. (Sure Is Pure) BBC Essential Mix, April 23, 1994
READING — MAY 2018
27440. (Judea Pearl) Causality ― Models, Reasoning, and Inference [2nd ed.]
27441. (Chris Loendorf, David Jacobs & Glen E. Rice) Petroglyphs, Grinding Slicks, and
.… . Cupules of the Rock Island Comples: U:8:3e92/862 [article]
27442. (Steve Muhlberger) [in blog Muhlberger’s World History] When Does Anyone Ever
.… . Appologize Like This? [article]
27443. (Steve Muhlberger) [in blog Muhlberger’s World History] Ibn Batuta and the Empire of
.… . Mali in Extra History [article]
27444. (Franziska Dövener, Carola Oelschlägel & Hervé Bocherens) Kamele im westlichen
.… . Treverergebiet – ein nahezu vollständig erhaltenes Dromedar aus dem vicus Mamer–
.… . Bartringen, Luxemburg [article]
27445. (Steve Muhlberger) [in blog Muhlberger’s World History] Echo on the CBC ― Science
.… . Fiction, Metis History and Graphic Novels [article]
27446. (Michael Shermer) The Moral Arc ― How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward
.… . Truth, Justice, and Freedom
27447. (Masha Gessen) Trump’s Incompetence Won’t Save Our Democracy [article]
27448. (Michelle Markel) The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau [ill. Amanda Hall]
27449. (Sue Daniel) “Walking in their tracks”: How Sydney’s Aboriginal Paths Shaped the City
.… . [article]
27450. (Alanna Mitchell) The Spinning Magnet
27451. (Kewin Peche-Quilichini, et al) Espaces de circulation, espaces de cheminenment:
.… . Quelques “pistes” de réflexion pour le Sud de la Corse entre Bronze final et premier
.… . âge du Fer [article]
27452. (K. Doan, et al) Phylogeography of the Tyrrhenian Red Deer {Cervus elaphus
.… . cosicanus} Resolved Using Ancient DNA of Radiocarbon-dated Subfossils [article]
27453. [2] (S. E. Hinton) The Outsiders
27454. (David Shulman) Tamil ― A Biography
27455. (H.A.G. Houghton) Introduction to the Commentary of Fortunatianus [preface]
27456. (Fortunatianus of Aquileia) Commentary on the Gospels [tr. H.A.G. Houghton]
Image of the Month: Canadian Women’s Army Corps posed photo of Mary Greyeyes and Harry Ball, 1942.
This photograph hung for decades in the National War Museum in Ottawa with its subjects labeled “unidentified”, until Mary’s daughter-in-law learned of its existence in 1995. The photo was taken to encourage more women to join the army, and its staged “Indian blessing” proving popular, it was widely reprinted during the war, then forgotten.
Mary Greyeyes was from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. This tiny community (only 367 people live on the reserve) has a remarkable military history. 56 of its youth served in the armed forces, including seven women, most of them named Greyeyes, Arcand or Lafond. Mary Greyeyes joined about the same time that my mother joined the Air Force. Muskeg Lake Cree have fought in Europe, Korea, and Afghanistan. Muskeg Lake is also the birthplace of the ballet dancer, choreographer and film actor Michael Greyeyes.
Mary returned to Canada after finishing her service in 1946, married, and made a career as an industrial seamstress in Vancouver. She died in 2011. The other participant in the staged photo was Harry Ball, a Cree from Piapot First Nation, who was a World War I veteran. His Plains Chief regalia was scrounged up on that reserve, where the photo was taken.
Photos of CWACS in action. Many were involved in dangerous work. They were not just clerk-typists and tea-brewers:
FILMS – APRIL 2018
(Spielberg 1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark
(Wilder 1954) Killers from Space
(Trelfer 2017) Dark Corners Review: (38) Killers from Space
(Reitman 1984) Ghostbusters
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First-time listening for April 2018
29151. (John Dunstaple) Beata Mater à 3
29152. (Giuappe Sammartini) Recorder Concerto in F
29153. (Bruce Kurnow) Sky Passage
29154. (Ken Johnson) The Natural Piano
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READING — APRIL 2018
27282. (Petros C. Benias, et al) Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in
.… . Human Tissues [article]
27283. (Mark Bourie) Flim Flam ― Canada’s Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists
27284. (Maciej T. Krajcarz, Magdalena Krajcarz & Hervé Bocherens) Collagen-to-collagen
.… . Prey-predator Isotopic Enrichment {Δ 13 C, Δ 15 N} in Terrestrial Mammals ― A
.… . Case Study of a Subfossil Red Fox Den [article]
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Image of the Month: Pluto
We are in a great era of space exploration. This magnificent photo of Pluto (colour-enhanced, but otherwise a true visual image) was taken by the New Horizons probe, which is now more than six billion kms from Earth. New Horizons, launched in 2006, is entering the vast outer regions of our solar system, which we are discovering is far bigger and more complex than was ever imagined. The heart-shaped plain called Sputnik Planitia is an ocean of nitrogen ice, which is semi-fluid and shows dynamic features similar to those that occur in polar pack-ice on Earth. Adjacent to it is a mountainous region charmingly named Cthulhu Macula, which seems to be coloured by hydrocarbon tars.
FILMS – MARCH 2018
(Berkeley 1939) They Made Me a Criminal
(Marshall 1961) The Phantom Planet [Mystery Science Theatre version]
(Dante 2013) Trailers from Hell: Joe Dante on Giant from the Unknown
(Cunha 1958) Giant from the Unknown
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First-time listening for March 2018
29100. (Shpongle) Museums of Consciousness
29101. (Atomic Rooster) Death Walks Behind You
29102. (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cantata #77 “Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben”, bwv.77
29103. (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cantata #78 “Jesu der du meine Seele”, bwv.78
29104. (Miles Davis) Dig [with Sonny Rollins]
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